would be a damn site better place. Too many have died, been maimed, deprived of food or cast out of society in the name of religion - and usually by preachers of it who are either hypocrites or bigots or both.
had six feet of water in it. He didn't even see anyone from FEMA for months, but he and his neighbors were fed and housed for the most part by church groups, many of them had come hundreds or even thousands of miles to help. So while I agree that religion has been the source of a lot of strife over the centuries, that doesn't mean that no good has ever come of it. Religion is no different from any other aspect of human society, it can be a force for good or ill, it all depends on how people use it.
Perhaps. Then again, those killings weren't done in the name of some god, or NO god, either.
Mayans and Incas offed a few in the name of their gods, too. The list is endless.
-- Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. -- Plutarch